Opinion
Podcast
Mitigating Cardiovascular Risk in Obesity
Dhiren Patel, PharmD, and Bob Busch, MD, interview Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, an obesity medicine specialist, to examine the cardiovascular (CV) impact of obesity and delve into the potential benefits of newer weight loss medications in mitigating CV risk and heart failure.
To watch the video series component of this episode, click here.
1:14 Obesity and cardiovascular risk
3:28 Topline findings for semaglutide in the SELECT trial
7:15 CV risk reduction with semaglutide
8:54 Perspectives on cost-benefit for GLP-1 in obesity
14:14 Outcomes from STEP HFpEF trial
16:44 Considerations for using GLP-1 agonists
20:54 Need to address inequity in access to obesity medications
26:44 Investigational therapies for obesity with potential for CV benefits
30:00 Combination therapy for obesity and CV risk
